MONTRÉAL, Oct. 3, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal is pleased to invite the medias to the press conference inaugurating the Museum's three last exhibitions before its transformation in 2019.
The retrospective highlighting the work of the great multidisciplinary artist and co-signatory of the Refus global manifesto, Françoise Sullivan, invites visitors to take a new look at a leading light of Québécois culture. Comprising some 50 artworks, the exhibition showcases her work as a painter, dancer/choreographer and sculptor, as well as her conceptual art practice.
Manifesto, by German artist Julian Rosefeldt, is a 13-channel immersive video installation, starring Cate Blanchett in a brilliant performance. Situated at the crossroads between film, performance and installation, Manifesto pays tribute to the tradition and literary beauty of various artist manifestos published over the last century.
To bridge the Françoise Sullivan retrospective and the Manifesto exhibition, the MAC will be showing Scores, a documentary exhibition presenting the original copies of historical artist manifestos.
Will be present:
- Artist Françoise Sullivan
- John Zeppetelli, Director and Chief Curator at the MAC
- Lesley Johnstone, Curator and Head of Exhibitions and Education and Curator of Julian Rosefeldt: Manifesto
- Mark Lanctôt, Curator at the MAC and Curator of Françoise Sullivan
- François LeTourneux, Associate Curator at the MAC and Curator of Scores
Note: Artist Julian Rosefeldt will be available for interviews at the MAC on October 19.
DETAILS:
PRESS CONFERENCE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018
AT 10 A.M.
Doors open at 9:30 a.m.
Conference at 10 a.m.
AT THE MAC
185 SAINTE-CATHERINE WEST, MONTRÉAL
RSVP before October 17, 2018
Roxane Dumas-Noël
Head of Public Relations
514 847-6232
[email protected]
About the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Located in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal makes today's art a vital part of Montréal and Québec life. For more than fifty years, this vibrant museum has brought together local and international artists, their works and an ever-growing public. It is also a place of discovery, offering visitors experiences that are continually changing and new, and often unexpected and stirring. The MAC presents temporary exhibitions devoted to outstanding and relevant current artists who provide their own particular insight into our society, as well as exhibitions of works drawn from the museum's extensive Permanent Collection. These may feature any and every form of expression: digital and sound works, installations, paintings, sculptures, ephemeral pieces, and more. In addition to its wide range of educational activities familiarizing the general public with contemporary art, the MAC organizes unique artistic performances and festive events. It is a window onto a myriad of avant-garde expressions that extend the reach of art throughout the city and beyond. macm.org/en/
SOURCE Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
RSVP before October 17, 2018, Roxane Dumas-Noël, Head of Public Relations, 514 847-6232, [email protected]
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